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title: Cancel assessment
description: If an assessment is no longer needed, you can cancel it to terminate its progress. Once canceled, the assessment becomes read only.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/governance-risk-compliance/smart-assessment-engine/cancel-assessment.html
release: australia
product: Smart Assessment Engine
classification: smart-assessment-engine
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [Respond to assessments, Manage, Smart Assessment Engine, Governance, Risk, and Compliance]
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# Cancel assessment

If an assessment is no longer needed, you can cancel it to terminate its progress. Once canceled, the assessment becomes read only.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to your workspace and then to your list of assessments.

    Here’s an example of how to navigate to this list in the Compliance Workspace.

    1.  Navigate to **All** > **Policy and Compliance** > **Compliance Workspace**.
    2.  Select the tasks icon \[Omitted image "list-icon.png"\] Alt text:.
    3.  Select the **Control attestations** > **Smart Assessments** on the left panel.
    4.  The smart assessments list is displayed.
2.  Select the assessments that you want to cancel.

3.  To cancel the assessment, on the top pane select more action icon \[Omitted image "more-actions.png"\] Alt text: and select **Cancel**.

4.  In the **Confirmation** dialog box, select **Confirm**.